Canada has insane laws about this. Mark Stein had to move to the US because of this. Anyone that files a defamation case gets a free government lawyer. It is basically guaranteed that you will win $40,000 for even the tiniest slight.
FALSE. You don't get free defamation case lawyers in Canada.
I believe you're confusing real courts with the Human Rights Commissions- these are quasi-judicial kangaroo courts where a gov bureaucrat (who needs 0 experience in law) decides if you're complaint that your human rights were violated then that bureaucrat acts as judge/jury/executioner.
This was a real court- Canada just has very lax defamation laws compared to the US where you need to prove actual damages.
Canada has insane laws about this. Mark Stein had to move to the US because of this. Anyone that files a defamation case gets a free government lawyer. It is basically guaranteed that you will win $40,000 for even the tiniest slight.
This kind of law would be great if it applied to communists when they go into the -ist and -phobe accusation loops, but you know it doesn't.
FALSE. You don't get free defamation case lawyers in Canada.
I believe you're confusing real courts with the Human Rights Commissions- these are quasi-judicial kangaroo courts where a gov bureaucrat (who needs 0 experience in law) decides if you're complaint that your human rights were violated then that bureaucrat acts as judge/jury/executioner.
This was a real court- Canada just has very lax defamation laws compared to the US where you need to prove actual damages.
Ok. A minor error but the results is the same. Government is set up to silence thought. And Mark Stein now lives in the US because of it.